1985–86 John Player Cup

Rugby cup 1985–86 John Player Cup 1984–85 1986–87 The 1985–86 John Player Special Cup was the 15th edition of England's premier rugby union club competition at the time. Bath won the competition for the third consecutive year defeating Wasps in the final.Jones Stephen Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1990 Rothmans Publications Ltd 0-356-19162-1 The event was sponsored by John Player cigarettes and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online Times Archives Oxfordshire Libraries Draw and results First round Team one Team two ScoreMorley Wakefield 19-27Tynedale Lymm 22-0Sheffield Vale of Lune 13-16Aspatria Westoe 19-24Nuneaton Loughborough Students 19-24Evesham Bedford 9-13Stourbridge Broughton Park 9-13Matlock Barkers Batts 13-11Old Mid-Whitgiftians Southend 4-12Saracens North Walsham 27-6Havant Guildford & Godalming 17-7Richmond London Irish 21-14Maidstone Lewes 6-21Cheshunt Askeana 23-23*Bletchley Maidenhead 20-9Berry Hill Bournemouth 36-6Gloucester Exeter 87-3Old Redcliffians Coney Hill 6-17St Ives Henley 18-22 Cheshunt progress on more tries* Second round Team one Team two ScoreConey Hill Saracens Bletchley Havant 6-9Richmond Cheshunt Lewes Gloucester 10-24Southend Henley Westoe Vale of Lune Loughborough Students Berry Hill Bedford Broughton Park 10-37Lichfield Matlock Wakefield Tynedale Third round Team one Team two ScoreRichmond Blackheath Broughton Park Vale of Lune 12-6Camborne Havant 15-4Coventry Leicester 14-21Gloucester Bristol 7-4Gosforth Northampton 6-6*Harlequins Headingley 9-6Lichfield West London Institute 26-0London Scottish Sale 16-6London Welsh Plymouth 10-6Nottingham Southend 25-12Orrell Bath 16-16*Rosslyn Park Wakefield 19-23Saracens Waterloo 11-8Wasps Loughborough Colts 23-3West Hartlepool Moseley 3-33 Northampton progress as away team* Fourth round Team one Team two ScoreBlackheath Wasps 12-24Broughton Park Leicester 6-46London Welsh Camborne 12-9Wakefield Nottingham 7-26Saracens Gloucester 6-13Moseley Bath 4-22Northampton London Scottish 6-11Lichfield Harlequins 6-23 Quarter-finals Team one Team two Score Nottingham Wasps 13-13*London Welsh Bath 10-18Harlequins Leicester 8-15London Scottish Gloucester 12-10 Wasps progress on more tries* Semi-finals Team one Team two ScoreWasps London Scottish 11-3Leicester Bath 6-10 Final 26 April 1986 Bath 25–17 Wasps Spurrell SimpsonHillSwift Trick 3 Trick Pellow Stringer Balcombe Stringer Stringer Twickenham Stadium, London 24,500 Fred Howard (Liverpool) _shoulder_stripes_navy_stripes _adidas_navyshoulder _shoulder_stripes_navy_stripes _hoops black blue ffffff ffffff ffffff 000055 ffffff Bath _collarwhite _goldstripe 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 Wasps 16 Chris Martin 15 David Trick 14 John Palmer (c) 12 Simon Halliday 11 Tony Swift 10 Stuart Barnes 9 Richard Hill 8 Paul Simpson 7 Jon Hall 6 Roger Spurrell 5 Nigel Redman 4 John Morrison 3 Maurice 'Richard' Lee 2 Graham Dawe 1 Gareth ChilcottReplacements: 16 Chris Stanley 17 Phil Cue 18 Barry Trevaskis 19 Greg Bess 20 Chris Lilley 21 David EgertonCoach: Jack Rowell 15 Nick Stringer 14 Simon Smith 13 Richard Cardus (c) 12 Roger Pellow 11 Mark Bailey 10 Gareth Rees 9 Steve Bates 8 Mark Rose 7 Mark Rigby 6 David Pegler 5 Mike Pinnegar 4 John Bonner 3 Jeff Probyn 2 Alan Simmons 1 Garry HolmesReplacements: 16 Paul Minihan 17 Kevin Titcombe 18 Paul Balcombe for Bates 19 Allan Isicheri 20 Justin Samuel 21 John EllisonCoach: References Category:1985–86 rugby union tournaments for clubs Category:1985–86 in English rugby union Category:RFU Knockout Cup